57. Even though I’m an ally, I lose strength
As the incomprehensible story progressed, Casson asked if he was frustrated.
“What the hell does that all mean? A witch? Leday, what is it? Let’s figure it out together.”
Knight Commander Vincent was also looking bewildered, so Diaz explained.
“Ledeia. In the war between angels and demons in the past, the corpses of the defeated demons are still buried somewhere in Middle-earth. Although they are now sleeping in a very deep place after quite a long time… Sometimes the corpses are excavated. There were times when it happened.”
“then……?”
“It is an established theory that demons who have been dead for a long time, or demons who had great power during their lifetime, still have enough power to influence them. And Ledea is said to be a witch who extracted power from the corpses of such demons. “
“A witch with demonic power. It’s the first time I’ve heard of it. If it’s that big, I’m sure I’ve heard of it…”
Diaz answered him.
“You may not know. That’s right, Ledea is a witch who disappeared 300 years ago.”
“Did you say four or three hundred?”
“So-called, he is an existence that only remains in the records. No, even the records are almost lost, so it is difficult to find even if you try to find it on purpose. So, it is normal to not know. It is normal to not know. That’s what I found out.”
“Aha. I see. But…”
Casson’s eyes returned to Andrew.
“Why haven’t you known Sir Andrew yet?”
“Ah, haha. Hahaha! Do you know that there are seven knights? Sir Diaz is the lieutenant of the knights.”
“Lord Rohan thought first?”
“……why does this only happen to me…”
Casson laughed.
“I’m kidding. Anyway, from what I’ve heard, it sounds like an old witch who has lived for over 300 years. Does anyone know how to defeat that monster?”
Casson asks Diaz again.
But Diaz shook his head.
“In fact…Even in the ancient literature, there is no record of finding a way to defeat Ledeia. It is only written that she suddenly disappeared and never appeared again. But why did she suddenly appear? Even well…”
Diaz’s gaze naturally returned to mine.
Then everyone’s eyes moved together.
“Why did she disappear and reappear? Actually, she didn’t appear for the first time in 300 years. The first time she appeared was 100 years ago.”
Let’s pretend that everyone doesn’t understand.
I kept talking.
“And then Ledea died at my hand once.”
“what……!”
“Are you sure?”
“Wow. I hear all the stars after hearing something…”
* * *
Casson’s eyes shook violently at my answer.
“Did you say you fought once already? That was 100 years ago?…”
And that wasn’t all.
Diaz, Andrew, and Knight Commander Vincent were not much different.
To be exact, it’s not like I’m not, and it’s a bit vague to say me, but…
The dimension-slicing witch, Ledea, was a boss monster that appeared once in the original work.
Or how could I have known such an existence that did not appear properly in the literature?
To be precise, it was a tutorial boss that you meet when you select a wizard character.
Needless to say, the wizard character itself is a very mysterious person, so the point of the tutorial was 100 years before the start of the main story.
Of course, having played a wizard character, I had already experienced Ledeia.
It was because the play where I actually killed Ledeia was something I had done myself.
To explain comfortably, I have expressed myself as me.
“I thought that going around with Rohan-sama, I wouldn’t be surprised by anything anymore…”
Andrew even poked my cheek with his finger.
“Golem… no, that’s a human, right?”
I just turned my eyes and looked at Andrew.
It was then that he grabbed the hand that had stabbed my cheek with the other hand.
Casson, who was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses and asked.
“100 years ago…what happened?”
Everyone was staring at me now.
I opened my mouth slowly.
“100 years ago. I definitely killed Ledeia. But she already put a curse on herself, not a curse that activates the moment she dies.”
“A curse? What kind of curse was it?”
“The curse that Ledea placed on herself was a magic that would trap herself in a dimension where time does not pass if death approaches. Then, even after death, the corpse will not decay. No more blood will be shed. Instead, time will pass. I couldn’t move without it.”
“Is that a method that works? It’s a curse that looks more like a prison than a prison, where you can’t move…”
Casson tilted his head in disbelief.
“If it ended there, it would have been a simple curse, but she rolled a trick. At the same time the curse was activated, the spirit was forcibly removed from the body. And the spirit was connected to a crystal ball hidden somewhere in the middle world.”
“Only the mind? I thought that such a thing would be possible…”
“The reason I put such a curse on myself was simple.”
Searching for memories, I continued the story of Ledea.
“In order to be resurrected again someday. She had feelings close to disgust towards death. So, when death came at some point, she decided to continue research on resurrection and immortality with only her mind, while preserving her body. He gave that death quickly.”
“That’s an unnecessarily good idea.”
“However, it had a fatal flaw. It is that the damaged body cannot be repaired by one person alone. Outside help is needed…”
“I guess that’s Count Soleon.”
“Hmm. Perhaps Count Soleon was also interested in immortality. And Ledea, who noticed that, appeared in his dreams.”
Diaz made a serious face.
“If you had studied for 300 years… you could have perfected immortality?”
“The body that was trapped in another dimension would have been restored using Soleon. However, it would have failed to complete immortality.”
“If so… is it just a resurrection without any change from before?”
“It’s not like that. Her magic must have become more powerful than before. More than Ledeia in the literature.”
“I can’t…”
“And I’m guessing he’ll use that power to find a way to steal immortality from a divine being and try to complete immortality.”
Maybe he wasn’t trying to steal eternal life, he was actually trying to steal it.
Then, following the tutorial with the player, the second round was played.
I said it as if I was guessing, because I thought it would be too strange from the point of view of listening to me if I knew everything.
It was a bit further in the future for Ledea to move in earnest.
Thanks to the conclusion of the story with speculation, everyone who listened to the story to the end had expressions of understanding.
Casson scratched his head.
“I’m not a witch or someone who is very knowledgeable about magic. So I’m asking because I really don’t know, but I’m sure I know what kind of existence that Redea is. But if you’re a witch who can manipulate that dimension, you can’t use other dangerous magic. Don’t you know a lot?”
I answered yes to his question.
“It won’t be small. You can twist the dimension for defense, and you can use black magic to make things that can’t happen with ordinary common sense magic.”
I remember that Ledea, who was actually completely resurrected, had a lot of different patterns.
For a while, there was even a voice saying that the pattern was infinite.
“Well, but is there really a way to win?”
Eventually, of course, players all over the world, as always, found the answers and fully analyzed the patterns.
And one of the easiest strategies I know comes out like that…
It was a strategy using unilateral inducement of the pattern to simplify the pattern itself.
I was thinking of making Ledeia’s pattern focus on dimensional magic.
‘To do that, we need a lot of allies. If I make them focus on defense by pouring arrows… My turn will continue to come.’
Either way, it was the safest way.
Of course, in order to carry out the plan, a follow-up force led by Count Gargent had to arrive.
Safely without being hit by the catapult.
“But it won’t be easy.”
Despite my not-so-positive answer, Casson laughed.
“It’s not easy…… Where is that? It’s a hundred times better than not knowing at all.”
“That’s right. The bottom line is, even if daylight doesn’t come, I have to go out and remove the catapult. My plan can only be realized when the follow-up unit arrives.”
“Okay. Do you have any plans in mind?”
“diversion.”
“It’s a bucket… draw attention from one side, and attack the catapult from the other side?”
As expected of the leader of this refuge, his head was quick.
“Disposing of the catapult is me, Diaz and Andrew. The three of us will do it. We need an agent who can strike quickly and at the same time with certainty.”
Casson replied, crossing his arms.
“I’ll start with me, and I’ll prepare a force that will attract attention. There are survivors in the eastern district anyway, so I’ll try to rescue them as well.”
“good night.”
So, we started our own preparations according to the new strategy.
* * *
Rohan, Diaz, and Andrew quickly finished the maintenance and headed for the target first.
Cason also gathered his troops and set off with the purpose of rescuing the survivors of the East Earth and distracting the enemy.
And the first battle began shortly thereafter.
“Come! Vampires!”
Casson gripped the battle ax tightly.
It was what was expected.
Even the vampires knew there were survivors here.
So, he must have set up an ambush to suck blood.
“Hryab!”
The huge ax swung round and round, and the vampires’ heads were cut off.
Their heads fluttering in the air were spectacle.
“Khaha! After all, Casson!”
“I’m not scared because of him, I’m scared!”
The warriors who followed him were also one of the few warriors among the barbaric warriors.
Monsters that looked like orcs at first glance, wielding maces and axes with one hand.
Even so, he couldn’t help but marvel at Casson’s monstrous power.
overwhelming force.
Casson was a man who couldn’t be better suited for that.
f*ck!
Even at this moment, the vampire who had evaded the ax attack and burrowed downward was blown away by his knee attack.
I could hear the sound of my skull splitting in just one shot.
It is truly a living weapon.
Casson’s performance boosted the morale of the rescue team.
But at that moment.
“Let’s go!”
“I’ll break it all up! Hahahaha!”
“Turn around!”
Far away from the direction Rohan left.
Rumble…… Kwawagaang! Flash! Damn it! aaang!
Thunder like the wrath of some god erupted.
“……”
“……”
“……”
It’s just too overwhelming…
“Even though he’s an ally, he loses his strength.”
Casson laughed and shook his head.